Recognise my camera!

I'm using the SONY Handycam HDR-SR12E and when I hook up the USB cable and choose "USB CONNECT" on my camera, the best iMovie '08 has to say is, "No Camera Connected."
Any help?

Forest Mccready wrote:
Maybe this page will help you.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1793
If there are SD video clips on the camera, imovie will show only these clips until they are deleted from the camera and then the HD clips will appear, I don't believe having SD clips on the camera will or should result in the message 'no camera detected'

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Re: prem 8.0.1 does not recognise DV camera
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omni60
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